WHO: Twenty-one high-achieving high school and university undergraduate students selected as 2012 James Graham Brown Cancer Center Summer Research Interns at the University of Louisville: 13 from Louisville, Ky., three from Prospect, Ky., and one each from Crestwood, Ky., Goshen, Ky., New Albany, Ind., Pleasantville, N.Y., and Hockessin, Del.

They come from Louisville area high schools Ballard, duPont Manual, Kentucky Country Day, North Oldham, South Oldham, St. Francis, St. Xavier and Trinity; New Albany High School, Indiana; Charter School of Wilmington, Delaware; and the University of Louisville, Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio and Yale University in New Haven, Conn.

WHAT: The Summer Research Intern Poster Session, giving the interns an opportunity to present their research at the culmination of their internships. Since mid-June, each intern has been working with a faculty mentor in the mentor’s laboratory. The poster session is conducted the same way as those sponsored by professional scientific societies, giving the interns hands-on experience in presenting research results.

WHEN: 1:15-3:30 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 2

WHERE: Clinical and Translational Research Building Lobby
UofL Health Sciences Center/Downtown Campus
South Hancock at East Muhammad Ali Boulevard

WHY: The Annual James Graham Brown Cancer Center Summer Research Internship Program provides high school and college students hands-on scientific experience. Participants commit a minimum of 20 hours per week for eight weeks and, in return, get a feel for biomedical research and experience it as a junior researcher would experience it. They gain actual experience working in a laboratory with research scientists and presenting their work in the poster session. They also are invited back in the fall to present their work at the James Graham Brown Cancer Center’s Annual Research Retreat and at Research!Louisville, an annual meeting highlighting research at the University of Louisville.

NOTE: The list of participants follows.

2012 James Graham Brown Cancer Center Summer Research Interns

College/University Participants

Kenyon College:
Eric Engelbrecht, sophomore, Pleasantville, N.Y.

University of Louisville:
Chelsea Rennirt, freshman, Louisville, Ky.

Yale University:
Christopher Cappiello, freshman, Louisville, Ky.

 

High School Participants

Ballard High School:
Hiba Abbas, 10^th grade, Prospect, Ky.

Charter School of Delaware:
Isaac Solo Chien, 11^th grade, Hockessin, Del.

duPont Manual High School:
Caleb Bridgewater, 9^th grade, Louisville, Ky.
Maggie Yanting Chang, 12^th grade, Louisville, Ky.
Allen Jiang, 9^th grade, Louisville, Ky.
Nicholas Cary Siow, 12^th grade, Louisville, Ky.
Jingjing Xiao, 10^th grade, Louisville, Ky.
Wenyuan “Ren” Yin, 12^th grade, Louisville, Ky.

Kentucky Country Day School:
Meghan Hyman, 10^th grade, Prospect, Ky.
Sophia Mahmood, 12^th grade, Louisville, Ky.
Laura Hornback, 11^th grade, Louisville, Ky.
Danielle Jing, 10^th grade, Louisville, Ky.

New Albany High School:
Kaylind Batey, 11^th grade, New Albany, Ind.

North Oldham High School:
Lindsey Wattley, 11^th grade, Prospect, Ky.

South Oldham High School:
Brianna McColl, 11^th grade, Crestwood, Ky.

St. Francis High School:
Kinsey Morrison, 10^th grade, Goshen, Ky.

St. Xavier High School:
Jacob Edward Hoerter, 12^th grade, Louisville, Ky.

Trinity High School:
Jacob Mattingly, 12^th grade, Louisville, Ky.